Journal-ready figures and methods text for your paper
Figures are rendered from the study models at a consistent scale, orientation and lighting, so that a reader comparing two panels is comparing anatomy rather than rendering. Methods text is supplied for the parts of the pipeline Osteo3d performed.
Manuscript writing is not offered. The text supplied describes the imaging, reconstruction, measurement and analysis; the paper is yours.
What is delivered
- Figures built to the resolution and format your journal specifies
- A private link, secured by a case reference and PIN, so reviewers and co-authors can rotate the model during review. Access is withdrawn on request
- Methods text covering the pipeline Osteo3d performed, with software and versions named
- A data availability statement naming Osteo3d as custodian of the models, in the form journals accept
Method and reporting
- One shared scale across every view in a figure set, so panels can be compared directly
- Colour scales banded and labelled, with the threshold of interest marked
What you provide
- The target journal and its figure requirements
- Which results the figures have to carry
- The author list and each author's contribution, where authorship is under discussion
How this is kept honest
Matched Panels
Scale, orientation and lighting are fixed across a figure set, so two panels can be compared directly.
Named Software Versions
Every step names its software and version, which is what a methods section needs.
ICMJE Authorship
Authorship is discussed only where the contribution meets the ICMJE criteria. Otherwise an acknowledgement is supplied. Agreed in writing beforehand.
Frequently Asked
- Will Osteo3d write the manuscript?
- No. Methods text for the pipeline performed here is supplied, and figures are produced. Drafting the paper stays with the authors.
- How is a data availability requirement met?
- The statement names Osteo3d as custodian: the models are available from Osteo3d on reasonable request under a research-use licence. Measurement tables and figures can be deposited openly; the models themselves are not placed in a public repository. Where a journal requires a public deposit of the models with no custodian option, that is raised before the work is quoted.
- How is authorship decided?
- By the ICMJE criteria, applied to the actual contribution. It is settled in the engagement terms before work starts rather than after the results are in.
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